A semiconductor device is formed using a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface. A first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type is formed between the first main surface and the second main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second semiconductor region is formed between the first semiconductor region and the first main surface. The first semiconductor region includes a hydrogen-related donor, and a concentration of the hydrogen-related donor of the first semiconductor region is equal to or larger than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor region.

Provided is a semiconductor device capable of suppressing breakdown of the semiconductor device by a full depletion of a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type provided on a second main surface side of a semiconductor base body; a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type having a first conductivity type impurity concentration lower than that of the first semiconductor layer and provided closer to a first main surface than the first semiconductor layer is; and a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type provided closer to the first main surface than the second semiconductor layer is. An impurity concentration distribution of the third semiconductor layer with respect to thickness direction of the semiconductor base body has a plurality of peaks. A thickness W of the third semiconductor layer satisfies a certain condition.

In one embodiment a semiconductor structure comprises a semiconductor substrate, a trench dielectric layer disposed in a trench of the semiconductor substrate, a first source/drain region disposed in contact with the semiconductor substrate, a gate and a second source/drain region. The gate is disposed between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. The semiconductor structure further comprises a dielectric isolation layer disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the second source/drain region.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor base body, and a first main electrode and a second main electrode provided on the semiconductor base body. The semiconductor base body includes a drift region of a first conductivity type through which a main current flows, a column region of a second conductivity type arranged adjacent to the drift region in parallel to a current passage of the main current, a second electrode-connection region of the first conductivity type electrically connected to the second main electrode, and a low-density electric-field relaxation region of the first conductivity type having a lower impurity concentration than the drift region and arranged between the second electrode-connection region and the column region.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a first region having a freewheeling diode arranged therein, second regions having an IGBT arranged therein, and a withstand-voltage retention region surrounding the first region and the second regions in plan view are defined. The semiconductor substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface. The semiconductor substrate includes an anode layer having a first conductivity type, which is arranged in the first main surface of the first region, and a diffusion layer having the first conductivity type, which is arranged in the first main surface of the withstand-voltage retention region adjacently to the anode layer. A first trench is arranged in the first main surface on a side of the anode layer with respect to a boundary between the anode layer and the diffusion layer.

The semiconductor device includes a mesa diode structure(20) and a protective layer(17b). The mesa diode structure includes, from bottom to top, a P-type semiconductor layer(11), a first N-type semiconductor layer(12), and a second N-type semiconductor layer(13) having a higher impurity concentration than the first N-type semiconductor layer. The protective layer is arranged on a side wall around the mesa diode structure seen in a plane. Specifically, the protective layer is arranged on an upper side surface(11c) of the P-type semiconductor layer and on side surfaces(12a,13a) of the first N-type semiconductor layer and the second N-type semiconductor layer, but is not arranged on a lower side surface of the P-type semiconductor layer. A bevel angle(30) of a PN junction plane between the P-type semiconductor layer and the first N-type semiconductor layer to the upper side surface of the P-type semiconductor layer is set to 85 to 120 degrees.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element region including an active element formed at the semiconductor substrate, a channel stopper formed in an outer peripheral region of the semiconductor substrate, and an insulating film that covers a surface of the semiconductor substrate and that has a first contact hole by which the channel stopper is exposed. The semiconductor device further includes a first field plate, a second field plate, and an equipotential ring electrode. The first field plate is formed on the insulating film, and faces the semiconductor substrate between the channel stopper and the element region through the insulating film. The second field plate is embedded in the insulating film, and faces the semiconductor substrate between the first field plate and the channel stopper through the insulating film. The equipotential ring electrode is formed along an outer peripheral region of the semiconductor substrate. The equipotential ring electrode is connected to the channel stopper through the first contact hole, and is connected to the first field plate, and is connected to the second field plate through a second contact hole formed in the insulating film.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a transistor cell portion, formed in the semiconductor layer, a first trench, formed in the semiconductor layer, a diode, electrically separated from the transistor cell portion and having a first conductivity type portion and a second conductivity type portion disposed inside the first trench, a second trench, formed in the semiconductor layer, and a bidirectional Zener diode, electrically connected to the transistor cell portion and having a pair of first conductivity type portions, disposed inside the second trench, and at least one second conductivity type portion, formed between the pair of first conductivity type portion.

To improve reliability of a semiconductor device. There are provided the semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, the semiconductor including a pad electrode that is formed over a semiconductor substrate and includes a first conductive film and a second conductive film formed over the first conductive film, and a plating film that is formed over the second conductive film and used to be coupled to an external connection terminal (TR). The first conductive film and the second conductive film contains mainly aluminum. The crystal surface on the surface of the first conductive film is different from the crystal surface on the surface of the second conductive film.

A semiconductor device has a silicon film for a diode formed on a semiconductor substrate via an insulating film, and first and second wirings formed on an upper layer of the silicon film. The silicon film has a p-type silicon region and a plurality of n-type silicon regions, and each of the plurality of n-type silicon regions is surrounded by the p-type silicon region in a plan view. The p-type silicon region is electrically connected to the first wiring, and the plurality of n-type silicon regions are electrically connected to the second wiring.